Toy vehicle.



RAML-ICH.

TOY VEHJCLE'.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12. 1917.

Patented Sept. 24,1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

J. M KRAMLICH.

TOY VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11. 1917.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918:.

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JOEE MORRIS KEAIVILIQCH, F PHILADELPHIA, PENE'SYLVANIA.

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Application filed october 17, 1917, Serial No. 196,996.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that i, J OHN M. KliAMLIGi-I, a citizen of the United Estates, residing at 'Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Vehicles, of which the following is a specificainvention relates to new and useful improvements in toy vehicles and more par ticularly to that class of wheel toys wherein wthe operator straddles a seat and propels -lVith these ends in View,

of construction and the device by placing the feet upon the ground, producing a motion similar to walking or running.

My invention has for its object to provide a toy vehicle, the parts of which are so constructed and combined that the seat may adjusted to accommodate children or persons of difi'erent size or having legs of different length.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, whereby the height of the seat may be adjusted or the distance between the wheel base and the seat may be changed in a relatively short time with very little trouble and which when so adjusted cannot be readily readjusted by a child who is generally the user of such articles.

this invention consists in the details combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1, is aside elevation of my improved toy vehicle showing the seat in one other adjusted position by dotted lines.

Fig. 2, is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3, is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 4, is a section at the line 4- 1 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 5, is a front elevation of the vehicle.

Fig. 6, is a rear-elevation thereof Fig. 7 is a similar view showing thoseat raised as illustrated by dotted lines in Flggl Fig. 8, is a section at the line Se-f6 of Fig; 3 looking in the direction o f-the arrows,

Specification of Letters Patent.

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parts of the steering post being left in elevation, and I Fig. 9, is a perspective view of the bolster.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied 2 represents the seat of my improved toy vehicle having a portion cutaway at each side intermediate its ends to provide a central narrow or neck portion 3 with a large rear end or body portion 4: and a large forward end or head portion 5, the neck portion being of such Width that the person or child using the toy may without ditiiculty straddle the narrow portion of the seat;

This seat may be of any desired size and general outline or shape and in the head or forward end portion is formed a hole 6 for the passage of the steering post 7 and said hole is of sufficient size to'permit the easy rotation of the steering post 7. This steer: ing post also passes through a hole 8 formed inthe forward bearing housing '9 which is secured to the underside of the forward end of the seat by suitable attaching means such as screws 10 and this housing is of the same shape and size as the forward end of the seat, so that the edges thereof coincide with the edges of theforward end of the seat when the hole 8 is in alinement with the hole 6 and in the region of thishole 8 is formed a circular depression or socket 11 inward from the inner face of the bearing housing 9 and within this depression or socket is located a washer '12 which rests against the under face of the seat and su frounds the steering post 7 and these parts are held in their relative positions by means of a cotter pin 13 or its equivalent which is placed in that one of the holes 14 which is within the socket 11 and lies below the washer 12, so that said washer rests on said cotter pin, said holes 14 being formed in the steering post suitably spaced apart.

The lower end of the steering post is slabbed off to produce two opposite fiat sides 15, a suflicicnt distance forward or inward from its lower end to accommodate the front wheels 16 which are mounted upon a suitable axle 17 passing through the lower end of the steering post and this axle is formed from a bolt having a nut 18 mounted on its. threaded end with a washer 19 disposed between the head of the bolt and one of the wheels and another washer between the nut and the other wheel. It is to be understood that the steerlng post is circular in cross section and its upper end has two opposite parts cut away to leave two straight sides 20 and on the reduced portion thus formed is mounted a Wheel or disk 21 having a hole 22 corresponding to the shape of the reduced por tion at the upper end of the steering post and said wheel or disk may be held in place by some suitable retaining means, as for-in Stance, a nail'42 such as here shown, driven through the wheel'or disk and the reduced portion of the steering post on an angle as plainly shown in Fig. 8. This wheel or disk carries suitable handles 23 referably two in number and arranged dia s animatically opposite each other.

To the end side of the seat adjacent its rear end is fastened a bolster 24 in some suitable and well known manner as by nails 25 or their equivalent and this bolster is provided with a depending projection 26 which registers with the space 27 between the upwardly projecting parallel uprights 28 which are carried by the axle skein 29 and these parts are held in their adjusted positions by suitable retaining means 30,

such screws which pass through the uprights 28 and into the depending projection 26, said depending projection preferably having holes 81 in its side edges and spaced apart to correspond to the distance between the holes 14 in the steering post.

An axle 32 passes through the axle skein 29 and this axle is preferably in the form of a bolt having the rear wheels 33 journaled thereon with a nut 34 mounted in the threaded end of the bolt for holding the parts together and between the head of the vehicle or the surface on which the vehicle runs, the bearing housing 9 is detached by backing out the screws 10 after which the cotter pin 13 may be withdrawnand the seat moved along either up or down the steering post and thc cotter pin again placed in any one of the holes H acrording to the adjustment desired, then the hearing housing is replaced in its proper position and again fastened to the scat thus inc-losing tho cotter pin and washer 12 and preventing unauthorized change of the adjustment.

The rear end is adj usted by withdrawing the screws from the projection 26 of the bolster 24 and then moving the bolster in or out with relation to the uprights 28 until the desired adjustmeht is obtained after which the screws 30 are replaced by emes s further the construction of the bearing hous- 7 ing is such that when the parts are properiy attached the seat can move up or down rela' tively to the steering post, as the downward thrust is taken up by the cotter pin through the washer 12, while the upward thrust is taken care of by the cotter pin when the bottom wail of the socket contacts with said cot ter pin.

GI course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I eiaim as new and patentable is 1. A toy vehicle comprising a seat, a steering post passing therethrough and adjustable relatively to said seat, wheels carried by said steering post, a bolster carried by the seat, an axle skein, uprights carried by said skein and coacting with the bolster, means for adj'ustably connecting the uprights to the heater and wheels carried by the axle skein.

2. A. toy vehicle comprising a seat, a steering post carried thereby and adjustable relatively thereto, a pair of wheels carried by the steering post, a bolster secured to the inn derside of the seat, a projection carried by the bolster, an axle skeinya pair of wheels carried thereby, a pair of parallel spaced uprights projecting from the axle skein and coacting with the side edges of the projection and means passing through the uprights and into the projection whereby the skein may be adjusted relatively to the bolster.

8. A toy vehicle comprising a seat, a steering post carried thereby and adjustable relativelythereto, a pair of wheels carried by the steering post, a bolster secured to the underside of the seat, a projection carried by the bolster, said projection having holes in its side edges, an axle skein, a pair of parallel uprights having a space 'between'them with which the projection registers, retaining means passing through the uprights and adapted to register with certain of the holes in the projection'for adjusting the skein rela tively to the bolster and wheels carried by the axle skein'.

at. [r toy vehicle comprising a seat having a relatively narrow portion intermediate its with the hole in the ends, whereby the same may be straddled, said seat having a hole therethrough adjacent its forward end, abearing housing having a hole therethrough and provided with a socket in the region of said hole, said housing coinciding with the forward end of the seat vand secured tothe underside thereof housing in alinement with the hole in the seat and with the socket adjacent the seat, whereby said socket is closed, a steering post passing through the holes in the seat and bearing housing, said steering post having a number of transverse in the socket, retaining means adapted to be placed in any one of the holes in the steering post and underlie the washer within the socket, Wheels carried b the lower end of the steering post and ot er wheels for supporting the rear end of relatively to said seat. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature. 7

{JOHN MORRIS Ken/mien.

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